goodbobby
House Bee
- Joined
- Jul 12, 2009
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- Location
- Sanderstead Surrey
- Hive Type
- 14x12
- Number of Hives
- 5+
When I did my Beek courses a few years back our instructor told us if we wanted to make a humane "killing jar" we could use an old honey jar filled with Laurel as it has high cyanide levels. Subsequently, I looked up on the internet using shredded laurel cuttings as a gardening mulch (I have a lot of large laurel bushes/trees in the garden).There were quite a few warnings about care in handling such garden waste.
Over the last couple of days I have notice copious amounts of bumble and honey bees on flowering Laurel near the house and I wonder whether the honey the honeybees produce is affected in any way? I recall that some honey can be tainted by the bees type of forage....no I am not thinking of a new brand of honey to bump off her indoors!
My bees are a couple of miles away in an out apiary, but I have a neighbour about 300 yards away who is a beek and I am just curious?
Over the last couple of days I have notice copious amounts of bumble and honey bees on flowering Laurel near the house and I wonder whether the honey the honeybees produce is affected in any way? I recall that some honey can be tainted by the bees type of forage....no I am not thinking of a new brand of honey to bump off her indoors!
My bees are a couple of miles away in an out apiary, but I have a neighbour about 300 yards away who is a beek and I am just curious?